I bought quite a bit of gear at Central in the ‘70s. I too am angry — horrified in fact — over the killing of the black man at the hands of a lunatic cop. I hope he’s eventually charged with murder 1 and spends the rest of his life in prison. But I don’t share Don’s lack of anger at the looters and arsonists. Destroying other people's property and lives accomplishes nothing positive. It only paints the protesters as insincere and a danger to society.
Paul > On Jun 1, 2020, at 2:01 PM, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > > Hi Everyone! > > I hope you and your families are well and safe during these very difficult > times. > > I thought I’d share a photography related story. Many of you probably know > of Central Camera store located downtown Chicago. It’s a quirky but fun > camera store, which has been in business for 121 years, founded 1899. Don > Flesh is the 3rd generation owner; his grand-father started the business; > Flesh is aged 72. > > Sadly, Central Camera suffered looting and was burned out. Flesh is > confident he can get the store back up and running, which is good. He is > also not angry and stands “with the African American community in solidarity.” > > On the one hand I share this story because, well, this is a photography list > and this is a photography story and I thought photographers on the list > would be interested. > > But on the other hand I thought I’d highlight two Flesh quotes that would > have definitely made our PDML Quote List that Mark Roberts puts together > every year had Flesh been a PDMLer. > > Quote #1: “I wanted to go in, but the looters, there were so many people > walking by and I was a little bit shy and fearful and all I had was an > umbrella that was closed, and I didn’t think I could knock out everybody. No > Rambo here,” he said. > > Quote #2: “Flesh started the live interview by noting that he had run out of > film and his phone had died so he was unable to photograph the scene. Asked > for his parting thoughts, he said, ‘I hope everybody is safe. Everybody > should learn a lesson. What is the lesson? Be prepared. Have more film in > your pocket.’” > > I’ve included the link to the article below. > https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-central-camera-chicago-protests-20200531-edkmqfinz5eitfjbmutzssl6tu-story.html > > <https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-central-camera-chicago-protests-20200531-edkmqfinz5eitfjbmutzssl6tu-story.html> > > Cheers, Christine > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
